chipset temperature?

[jkresh]

Just wndering what most people are showing as their chipset temp, on my k8n-e it is showing as about 45C with 6 case fans and an 80 mm delta at about 4000rpm in the side panel, which seems kind of hi. Debating about pulling the board and putting some as5 on the heatsink or ordering a chipset cooler (as i am stuck at about 220 for the fsb and I am wondering if the high chipset temp is the cause). Any suggestions?

 

[o1die]

Your readings are normal, trust me. They might go a little lower with the cool and quiet feature. Be sure it's enabled in the mobo bios.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I've been using the Vantec copper iceberg kits for chipset cooling for a good while now and they perfrom very well. I always see a poor thermal tape or generic paste when removing the stock ones so the AS5 is a good idea at the very least. However, your limited HTT result could be unrelated. What LDT voltage and multiplier are you using? Are you pumping enough juice tot hat OCZ, that stuff loves voltage I understand.

 

[jkresh]

1.55 for proc (I have hit 2.4 on another board with this proc at 1.55), only 2.7 for memory, but 220 is a problem all aroudn with this board (nearly everyone who has it has the same issue), regardless of mutliplier or memory diivider (though there is no htt mutliplier on the board so that may be part of the issue). 45C seems high since my cpu at 2.2 runs at 40C at full prime95 load. Used to be that chipset temp would be lower then processor under load.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Hope you folks are still checking this thread.

I've learned much this summer, despite a 20-year involvement with this technology. And I say that because I've never spent a lot of time on the cooling issue until now.

First, it seems that different types of computer cases have different cooling and temperature "profiles". A mid-tower case has a warmer internal ambient than a full tower, and even the over-hyped CoolerMaster WaveMaster does not seem to pull the case out of that mid-tower pigeon-hole.

Second, I began to make some assumptions based on simple common sense about the signal-conductor architecture of Pentium-4 motherboards. I think these assumptions would extend to AMD mainboards as well.

The Northbridge chipset is connected to both the AGP and the memory modules, in addition to the CPU. Biggest among my assumptions was the idea that the hottest component in the box will adversely affect the idle temperatures of anything connected to it, and that those items most directly connected will have the biggest interaction of temperature readings. Therefore, if the AGP card is the hottest item in the box, cool down the AGP card and "their hearts and minds will follow."

My system consists of:

2.4C P-4 @ 2.88
ASUS P4P800 (standard)
ASUS v 9850 (nvidia) FX5950 Ultra 256mb
1 GB (512 X 2) OCZ "Gold, EL" PC4000 (DDR500 @ DDR480)
dual Hitachi 160gb SATA150 in RAID0 array
Sony DRU-700A and TDK 52X CDRW
Full-tower (vintage 1995) Gateway 2000 case
dual 120mm EverCool aluminum intake fans
dual 92mm ThermalTake Blue LED fans
CPU fan: Thermaltake 120mm Blue LED with clear-acrylic 92-to-120mm fan adapter
Thermaltake PIPE101 heatpipe heatsink
Creative Labs SB Audigy 2 ZS
Hauppauge PVR 250 capture + TV
AGP cooler: Zalman dual-heatpipe ZM80D with Zalman 80mm OP-1 option fan

Temperatures are monitored both by motherboard sensor (and ASUS software) and thermal sensors connected to a CoolerMaster Aerogate II fan-controller. The temperature sensors are mounted on the bottom of the CPU heatsink nearest the processor, bottom edge of the AGP heatsink next to the GPU, and bottom edge of the Northbridge (ASUS stock) heatsink, respectively.

While ASUS probe reports a CPU temp of 84F (varying with ambient, as does everything else), Probe also reports a "motherboard temp of 87F. The Coolermaster Aerogate sensors report 92.3F, 103.1F, and 101.3F for the CPU, AGP card, and chipset respectively.

Before I installed the Zalman AGP cooler, the FX5950 reported a GPU temperature between 106F and 110F. The chipset temperature was always one to two degrees F behind the AGP temp under all cooling regimes -- before and after adding the Zalman AGP cooler. That is, by adding the AGP cooler, the temperatures of both the AGP and the Northbridge dropped approximately the same number of degrees F.

104F is 40C. I prefer Fahrenheit, because it gives me a better understanding of temperatures in comparision with a room ambient which I have always measured in degrees F most of my life.

By the way. Those fancy-dancy copper HSF assemblies for the Northbridge are probably great. But for about $7 you can get a 40mm SUNON "mag-lev" fan that spins at 8,000 rpm with no perceptible noise (Yeah! believe it!) You can hang this thing over the AGP card with a Zalman arm bracket using a very long bolt to put the fan close the the stock motherboard cooler without replacing it with one of those $35 assemblies. It DOES help! And you don't need to putz around with the stock heatsink and run the risk of damaging something if your fingers slip!

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Asus k8n-e has a well documented 220 fsb wall that requires a bios update I think. I'm not sure though I know theres a solution just haven't bother reading it.

Edit 35 dollars?! I spent 12 dollars on my iceburg and it came with two copper heatsinks besides the hsf for the northbridge.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I think the unit I was looking at was a ThermalRight . . . . lemme see . . .

Ok. There is a ThermalRight model that retails for about $20 at FrozenCPU. Obviously, you might find it for less elsewhere. They also have models by MicroCool and Swiftech in the $36 to $39 range. Certainly, you might be able find those for less, also -- possibly NewEgg or some other place. The Zalman heatsink is only $7 or $8 now at FrozenCPU, while last time I looked, it was more like $14.

[Anyway, great news -- I just saved a bundle on my car insurance with GEICO]. That is, I found some $15 Sunon fans for about $8.90. Maybe you know of a better deal, though?